Jordan Hamilton to Rockets for Aaron Brooks

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The Rockets have traded Aaron Brooks to the Denver Nuggets for Jordan Hamilton, a person with knowledge of the deal confirmed. The trade was first reported by Yahoo Sports.

Brooks is averaging 7.0 points and 1.9 assists for the Rockets this season. He is their third point guard.

Brooks approved the deal. Since he was on a one-year deal with the Rockets, he had the option.

“It was a tough decision — an opportunity to play, that was the main factor,” Brooks said Thursday.

Brooks was in his second tour with the Rockets. The guard played for the Rockets from 2007-10 and was the team’s leading scorer in the 2009-10 season with 19.6 points per game. Brooks is one of Houston’s fan favorites and said Tuesday that he was happy to be in Houston.

“Houston is in my heart,” he said. “I’ve been in Houston so long.”

Brooks said he spoke with Nuggets coach Brian Shaw and forward Jared Jeffries late Wednesday night. That helped him make the decision.

“I think things (in Denver) are going to turn around,” Brooks said. “I have to go out and play, especially on a one-year deal.

Denver’s a great team, a great organization. I kept going back and forth. It was hard to OK a deal. I think it’s a good situation. I guess I’m taking a leap of faith. You can’t really show anything when you’re not playing.”

Hamilton is averaging 6.8 points and 3.4 rebounds per game this season for the Nuggets and has started in 11 games.

Hamilton played two seasons at Texas before entering the NBA draft in 2011.